Easily Close Pencil and Brush Paths

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Easily Close Pencil and Brush Paths

The Pencil and Brush tools are useful, but sometimes frustrating. I always found the open paths it creates particularly annoying. A simple solution is to press the Option/Alt key when you are ready to close a path. Once pressed, it will join the first and last anchor points with a straight line. Holding down the Option/Alt key and drawing a little past the starting anchor will close the path automatically.

  1. This helps me a ton!


  2. Cool…..a very handy trick indeed….. must go and try it out….. great job…thnx a ton..!!


  3. THANXS !!!!!


  4. thanks!


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    wardhania

    June 17th, 2008

    nuwun…


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